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Thought someone might be keen on this little Lux, it looks like a well set-up truck.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 991402.htm

i saw that, bloody good price considing you pay 5k for a standard lux

It will be absolutely useless off road with the V8 and a cut off rear end.

Cheers Richard

Abosolutely useless?? Compared to what?? Yours??
Friken hell for the price thers nothing wrong with it.
Why you gota be a knob cheese and nail every truck that isnt a lwb lux with lockers and a supercharged diesel

*GIGGLE* you said knob Cheese

V8, winch, WOF and Reg

$5k

Sounds like a bargain

This lux was down at Blackdeaths workshop recently to have some work done on it, it looked well setup and the motor runs sweet now.

Bulletproof wrote:It will be absolutely useless off road with the V8 and a cut off rear end.

Cheers Richard

I gotta lot of respect for you and what you have accomplished with your Lux.

after that statement, I have a little less....

would it make a good tow wagon???

greek_style wrote:would it make a good tow wagon???

im going to slap you boy.... it isnt set up for that

Bolo wrote:

greek_style wrote:would it make a good tow wagon???

im going to slap you boy.... it isnt set up for that

At least a trailer would put a bit of weight over the rear

I love it. I love it. Everyone so serious and competitive about 4 wheel drive modified trucks.

There is nothing wrong with cutting the back off as long as you move the front axle 300mm forward like a landrover.

Keep smiling

Cheers Richard

Don't worry Richard, some of us realise when you are 'taking the piss'

Bulletproof wrote:There is nothing wrong with cutting the back off as long as you move the front axle 300mm forward like a landrover.

Tell me more about this sounds interesting i just lost alot of weight in the back of my suzuki

You Get That wrote:

Bulletproof wrote:There is nothing wrong with cutting the back off as long as you move the front axle 300mm forward like a landrover.

Tell me more about this sounds interesting i just lost alot of weight in the back of my suzuki

There is nothing new here.

Notice where the landrover front axle is. It is right under the radiator so all the engine and gearbox weight is between the axles.



Old crusers and jeeps are same and that is why they climb well

A Hilux front axle is half way under the engine so all the weight is over the front axle. Therefore the back is too light and it is a mistake to cut them off.

Don't get too serious and keep smiling

Cheers Richard

Okay I'll bite (just for the hell of it)

What about the forward control rovers, how did they fare?

I bet that lux has the same weight if not more weight over the rear axle with all the tube work and tray and 33" spare sitting right ontop than it did with the factory tray, and has a beter approach angle, therefore climbs beter and doesnt get hung up. i can have a dig and smile